Bound in brown calf with anonymous coat of arms (Shirley) in gold
Author's portrait with autograph mounted on t.-p
Bibliography: p. 1
Anonymous armorial book-plate with motto malgrè la envie (Shirley)
Binding: a retrospective style binding; full sprinkled calf decorated with double gold fillet lines on the covers, forming concentric panels; the inner panel with cornerpieces and stamped with a large coat of arms in the center; a blind guinea roll on the board edges; the smooth spine gilt and with a leather lettering piece, the titling going up the spine; text edges sprinkled red; worked headbands